Everyone is in a frenzy over Britain leaving the European Union, and I don’t just mean Europeans. People all over the world are in shock that the vote to leave the EU was 51-49, leaving being the majority. But do people have a right to be so surprised and upset?
Surprised, maybe not. Upset, absolutely.
I, for one, am very annoyed and frustrated with the final count. How could half of Great Britain vote to leave the EU when they are the people who told Scotland to stay with GB because they would have a huge economic downfall if they left? The value of British currency has already fallen down a large amount, the most since the late 1980s apparently.
And all money issues aside, I’ve been informed that GB leaving the EU is because of immigration. I didn’t even know immigration was a problem over there until all of this Brexit nonsense! I will never understand how people are so against people from other countries entering their country. I live in a city right by the Mexican border, nearly everyone I knew in primary and secondary school was related to an immigrant. Honestly, immigration makes the world go round. And the fact that 51% of people would rather run their country to the ground than let immigrants be a part of their population is beyond stupid.
I know people who live in England and who have built a life there and work there and they’re afraid they might have to leave the country because of this.
And what’s worse is the United States is headed in the same direction! Donald Trump basically said so himself, if he gets elected, and as much as I hate to say it, it’s kind of looking like he will be. And the guy who’s probably going to be elected the new Prime Minister in the UK looks like Donald Trump’s British cousin! I’m not even exaggerating.
I’m just so angry that this is what’s going on with the world. And as much as the younger generation tries to change things because it is their (our)Â future, the older generation continuously gets in the way. Just because it’s their “right” to vote doesn’t mean they should. And of course, I don’t mean that about every older person in the world, but I do mean it about the prejudice ones who refuse to accept that the world has changed. People are dying and all they care about is their stupid early 20th century views.
Everything going on in 2016 angers me so much and there’s nothing I can do about it.
(Featured image taken from aljazeera.com)
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